Virtual Memory
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Divides physical memory into blocks and allocates these
blocks to different processes.
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Provides a mapping between blocks in physical memory and
blocks on disk.
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Each process has its own virtual address space.
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Allows a process to execute with only portions of the
process being in main memory.
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Also reduces program startup time.
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Provides protection to prevent processes from accessing
blocks inappropriately.
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